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Legislation In South Dakota Seeks To Nullify Biden Executive Orders
2021-02-11
We are a federal republic, and each of the states is a petri dish trying different experiments to see what works best.
[DailyWire] Legislation introduced in the South Dakota House of Representatives seeks to give the state’s attorney general the authority to review executive orders from President Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
...Candidate for president in 2020. When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'...
 and potentially nullify any order deemed unconstitutional.

State Rep. Aaron Aylward (R-Harrisburg) introduced HB 1194, which is described as an act "to authorize the review of certain executive orders issued by the President of the United States."

The process to potentially nullify an executive order, which by nature bypasses congressional approval, "begins with a review by the Executive Council of the Legislative Research Board, followed by a referral from the Council to the attorney general and the governor," South Dakota news station KELO-TV reported last week. "Once the referral has been made, the attorney general may examine the order to determine whether the state can seek an exemption or declare it unconstitutional."

The bill specifies that Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg could exempt South Dakota from any law or order "that restricts a person’s rights or that is determined ... to be unconstitutional" if the law or order relates to the following:

  • A pandemic or other public health emergency

  • The regulation of natural resources

  • The regulation of the agricultural industry

  • The regulation of land use

  • The regulation of the financial sector through the imposition of environmental, social, or governance standards, or

  • The regulation of the constitutional right to keep and bear arms

  • Aylward told KELO-TV that the proposed legislation is not specific to Biden

"This isn’t just a President Biden issue but rather an overall executive overreach issue that we’ve been experiencing for a long time," Aylward said. "The U.S. Congress has abdicated their duty for a long time in different areas. This bill is simply setting up a process to nullify acts that would be unconstitutional. When looking at the U.S. Constitution, the President only has the powers that are laid out in Article II."

Asked about opposition to a potential national mask mandate from Biden under his legislation, Aylward responded in the affirmative: "This pertains to our rights that are protected under the U.S. Constitution. If the President ordered a nationwide mask mandate, it would go against the power laid out in Article II, and it would also go against the protection of the rights that may lie underneath the 9th and 10th Amendments."

If the bill were to pass, the Republican said, "it would give South Dakota much of its power back. Per the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution, the powers of the federal government need to line up with what is laid out in the document. ’Which shall be made in pursuance thereof[.]"

South Dakota, under the leadership of Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, has bucked the status quo when it comes to lockdown measures, instead, as Noem has articulated it, offering her constituents guidance and adhering to the science.
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Kristi Noem: 2020-12-29 Governor says South Dakota has 'perhaps the strongest economy' in US after refusing lockdown measures
Kristi Noem: 2020-11-16 If Joe Biden enacts mask mandates, lockdowns, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem won't enforce them
Kristi Noem: 2020-11-14 Kristi Noem shreds Obama's 'ridiculous message', suggests he get a clue and lays down some inconvenient truths
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Democrats are dead.
Posted by: crazyhorse   2021-02-11 10:42  

#2  Maybe Mercutio but the whole Sanctuary City nonsense the Libs put up years ago seem to have traction although maybe it was just the wet noodle spines of the Pubs at the time.
Posted by: Warthog   2021-02-11 10:18  

#1  On the surface it seems doomed to failure even if it passes, 'cause of the whole State vs Federal wheelhouse thing. On the other hand, jury nullification is a longstanding, accepted concept in the individual vs. an unjust law arena. A smart AG could extend that idea to State vs unjust Federal fiat/ukase/fatwa.
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-02-11 08:17  

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